Abstract:

The 12 GeV electron beam upgrade at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) in Virginia calls for new set of experimental equipment to detect produced particles at higher momenta. In Experimental Hall C of JLab, the Super High Momentum Spectrometer (SHMS) will be installed as part of the upgrade. The essential role of SHMS is to allow scientists to distinguish different particle types and measure their momenta and angles of emission. A part of the SHMS instrumentation known as the Heavy Gas Cherenkov detector used for particle identification is being constructed at the University of Regina. The presentation will briefly present the particle identification techniques used in the SHMS, especially for the Heavy Gas Cherenkov detector.